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    What's My Name? An Autoethnography of Ethnic Suffering and Moral Evil in Black Judaism

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    Thesis/Dissertation
    Date
    2011
    Author
    Key, Andre Eugene
    Advisor
    Norment, Nathaniel
    Committee member
    Monteiro, Anthony B.
    Alpert, Rebecca T. (Rebecca Trachtenberg), 1950-
    Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962-
    Department
    African American Studies
    Subject
    African American Studies
    Judaic Studies
    Religion
    Black Jews
    Hebrew Israelites
    Theodicy
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/1605
    
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/1587
    Abstract
    This study examines the problem of ethnic suffering and moral evil in Black Judaism. Black Judaism has been traditionally studied along anthropological and sociological lines, as a result, the core beliefs and theological issues which animate the faith tradition have not been the subject of critical study. This dissertation uses an African-American centered theoretical perspective and a black theology methodological approach to produce an autoethnography of my experiences living as a member of the Hebrew Israelite community. This study suggests that Black Judaism is best understood through an examination of the problem of black theodicy meaning the belief in an omnipotent and benevolent deity while acknowledging the historical oppression of African Americans. Black Judaism articulates a belief in black theodicy which asserts that African Americans are victims of divine punishment and must "repent" in order to experience liberation from ethnic suffering and moral evil in the form of anti-Black racism and white supremacy. This belief in deserved punishment has led Black Judaism into a state of mis-religion. By engaging in the process of gnosiological conversion I will identify the oppressive features of Black Judaism and offer corrective measures. Finally, this dissertation will discuss ways in which Black Judaism can conceive of liberation without the need for appeals to redemptive suffering. Concomitantly I will discuss the articulation of a Hebrew Israelite ethno-religious identity which is not predicated on the belief of redemptive suffering. Instead, I propose the basis for a restructuring of the core beliefs of Black Judaism based on humanocentric theism.
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